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Worried Owl

@larksandkatydids.bsky.social
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She/they. Canadian and Australian, writer/editor/ish, I don't even have a substack.

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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 6h
I cannot overstate the barrage of gambling ads we're getting right now in this province. It is every ad on every platform. This is a government for the gambling and oil companies
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 9h
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the idea that economic immigrants don't feel any attachment to their new home is absurd. It is just madness to assume that you'd come to a country for a better life (for any reason) and then not give a shit about the stability and continuation of that better life
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Samantha Nye // ציפּיע 🌿 @thesamethyst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I already didn't like him I just couldn't find a reason until n-" Shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Apart from the terrible spelling of the Philippines, this is just, absurdly, intensely dumbfuck wrong
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I said this in the replies already but JCO doesn't know how clothes are made. All clothes are still made by humans. A human cut out, pieced, assembled, and finish every item of clothing in your wardrobe. Machines are used for aspects of the process: electric scissors, sewing machines, overlockers
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love my dogs but they're both weird and demanding creatures, and my life would be a lot easier without them. But also ease is not the point of life, is it? (Said between gritted teeth)
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Alberta separatism shows us who they are, we need to believe them. 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For a while all the kids in my daughter's class were talking to each other via google sheets because they weren't allowed phones or other social media, so they'd say they were using sheets for an assignment
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🎃🎃🎃Michael Scare-anicolas🎃🎃🎃 @karanicolas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyone who thinks Canada has "unchecked immigration" should talk to someone who works at a university. I can't get my fellows into the country.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it genuinely does depress and unnerve me when people act like nothing in The Left™ can be critiqued. I've seen antisocial behaviors become acceptable and even lauded. then, later, it's "those people don't actually represent the left." it makes me feel crazy! like, no, I was there, actually!
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Making it impossible for anyone outside Canada to know what time it is here is an important part of reinforcing Canadian sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of all the things that didn't happen, etc
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sunrise song. You'll want the volume up for this one, but not too high. Every coyote within a half kilometre radius decided to make themselves known this morning while I was enjoying the sunrise from the kayak. A truly magical moment. #mammals 🌿
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I used to microwave ice cream to make a milkshake
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Open borders and free movement for all people except not those people, and not to my city, and definitely not my neighbourhood
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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If only there was some sort of system by which nations could increase their population with people eager for a safe home and a chance to work and contribute to a nation's future and shared prosperity. Alas.
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When I was in my 20s I remember laughing at older people who were annoyed and freaked out about technology changes. I would like to apologise to said old people, you were right about how bad it was when the phone stopped being plugged into the wall
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 17/09/2026
"but as the map recursively improves, eventually it becomes..." *clicks to final slide in the pitch deck* "...the territory!"
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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”
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Heather 🍁 @hganshorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New study with some pretty alarming numbers on the harms of expanding online gambling, particularly for boys and young men. Yes, CHILDREN as young as 10. Gift link 1/3 #ABLeg www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/bad2f46...
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Gambling-related ER visits have almost doubled since Ontario opened market to private companies, study finds
Jump was most acute in the 10 to 29 age group, which saw a startling 154% increase in admissions
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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#BirdOfTheDay #Silhouette
A bird on a small branch with sunset sparkles on the water in the background.  There are thin leaves and branches around the bird.
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Is my border collie obsessed with chasing bicycles because she was vaccinated and now has dog autism, and has now developed a hyperfixation on bicycles? Or is it because she is a dog
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Which will come first, the IPO or the AI's genocide of all humanity?
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Unbelievable how long its felt like since ive heard "welcoming people from around the world", "caring for the weakest in society" is a sign of strength
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Btw, even among pro AI friends, this concern is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Devs wondering how we get senior devs if the ecosystem for junior devs goes away. Doctors talking about not needing interns. Lawyers not needing paralegals. There's an ecological aspect to this and we need a plan.
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tomo @tomotimo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Rentable charlie kirk
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New column from me at @xtramagazine.com: The free future Alberta separatists promise is a façade #canqueer #cdnpoli
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The free future Alberta separatists promise is a facade | Xtra Magazine
Code words like “parental rights” and terms like “lawful” sexual orientation in separatist documents should be taken as warning signs
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I door-knocked for the remain vote (and I need to do it again but I have kids and a job so finding a whole free day is hard) and NO ONE wanted to talk to me except pro-remainers
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Australian gothic
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Computers are so smart they're going to take all your jobs and also become god. Ok but first can they make a search that works in gmail?
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
To summarize the AI stuff I've read this week: you really need to learn how to AI, because it's the future, but it changes basically every month so you're already out of date. Also AI will probably kill us all after it makes your job obsolete but also add trillions of dollars to the economy
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slothirang⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ SAW 110826 YOONGI WITH HER OWN EYES @seesawenthooz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
so when you ask, "if you think the thing you're building might exterminate humanity, why don't you just stop building it?" the answer is the believe that the god they invented in their minds will subject them to eternal damnation if they don't help invent it literally that is it
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My (Canadian) teens both make fun of Charlie Kirk constantly through sheer meme exposure. They have no idea who he was
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: Saddle Lake Cree Nation calls Alberta trans health-care laws a violation of Treaty rights, announces path to work around the legislation
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All this would stop if you just agree you deserve to be punched in the face
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thinking real hard about getting a tattoo and taking up quilting
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Computers are so smart they're going to take all your jobs and also become god. Ok but first can they make a search that works in gmail?
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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have you ordered your mail-in ballot? Only 41 days left until the October 19 referendum. If you plan to vote by mail, Elections Alberta says you have until September 25th to request a Special Ballot.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Every fraction of a degree of warming avoided means lives saved” is going to remain a true statement for the rest of our lives
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Jerome Persaud @swingingbunt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Scores are slipping…here’s why” The answer is too many Conservative premiers. They constantly fight with teachers, leave schools in disrepair, refuse to install air conditioning, food programs, kill art, replace boards with cronies. Sure phones & parents are issues, but con govs are the problem.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
May I politely suggest that the correct response to people voting for fascists is not, "how can we feel their pain and listen?" but "what the hell is wrong with these arrogant fools?" The latter is still a quest for understanding, but in the correct frame, I think.
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I do agree with this, but I also think it is pretty normal for folks to revisit stuff in media once it turns out the creator was a shithead. Like some of Gaiman's stories have aged VERY badly in light of it all (such as the Calliope storyline)
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up!
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Neon Genesis Xu-vangelion 🤖 @hellotherexu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“What are you working on right now” is such a loaded question. Consider lower stakes options like “what’s your most embarrassing personal trauma?” And “what’s your ao3 handle”
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Watching Hocus Pocus as an adult is truly baffling. Wait, the whole plot hinges on a 16 year old boy's virginity? Wait, were Bette Midler and SJP drunk during this? What do you mean the cute kid stays a cat forever? What is GOING ON
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I did this with my youngest too except it was the sign for "more"
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Worried Owl @larksandkatydids.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At least get mad at Canada's unwillingness to try to solve domestic problems because "at least we have free healthcare"
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mildly amused that like, the one Yank DSA guy mad at Canada didnt get mad at Canada for the right reason, which is the fact that almost every evil extraction company in Africa or Asia turns out to be Canadian
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